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<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:05:43 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Novell Strips BitTorrent DHT Technology From openSUSE</title>
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<description><![CDATA[From TorrentFreak
November 22, 2009 -   said by Ernesto :The Pirate Bay&#146;s tracker closure has spurred several discussions about DHT, BitTorrent&#146;s fallback technology for when central trackers are unavailable. According to some, DHT has some problems of its own. Novell, for example, decided to ship openSUSE with the BitTorrent client Transmission, but not before stripping DHT support.

Sponsored by Novell, openSUSE is a free and Open Source operating system, based on Linux. Following in the footsteps of Ubuntu, OpenSUSE recently decided to include Transmission as the default BitTorrent client.

However, the addition of Transmission to openSUSE was not straightforward. Since Transmission comes with DHT support &#150; a technology that helps BitTorrent users to find peers &#150; Novell thought that the application could possibly make openSUSE liable for copyright infringement under German law.

In order to avoid legal problems, Novell and openSUSE therefore decided to ship the operating system with a DHT-less version of Transmission while they tried to work out a solution with their lawyer.

&#147;This month&#146;s new release of their openSUSE Linux distro now ships with Transmission as the default BitTorrent client, but with DHT support removed at compile-time due to perceived German legal risks,&#148; Transmission developer Charles Kerr told TorrentFreak.

After discussion with Novell&#146;s German lawyer, it was agreed to include Transmission with DHT in future releases, but with an added popup informing users that they should only use the BitTorrent client for legal transfers. This means that the next openSUSE release will include a fully-functional BitTorrent client.

Charles Kerr told TorrentFreak that he is happy with the outcome, especially since Transmission will also add support for Magnet links in their upcoming 1.8 release.

&#147;Magnet links are much more useful when DHT is available, so I&#146;m glad it will be included in the next openSUSE release,&#148; he said, adding that openSUSE have been very helpful and communicative, which is why there&#146;s a better resolution in the works for the next openSUSE release.

Still, one can&#146;t help but wonder if Novell had legitimate concerns, or was maybe a little paranoid in handling the DHT issue. That said, if BitTorrent indeed comes to rely more on trackerless torrents and DHT in the future, could BitTorrent clients potentially become a target for the entertainment industry?

Packman has the uncrippled version.]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-11-22 16:58:08</pubDate>
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<title>What does KDE 3.5.10 have that you want or need?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[I see some posts today about people wanting to stick with 3.5.10 and was curious what specifically is keeping you there.

I'd guess for some there is a general consensus of it just feeling better for daily use, but if there are specific items that are missing from the current KDE, which is versioned at 4.3.3, list those too.

Also since there is no restriction on running individual apps of any version on other desktops I'm primarily interested in those running KDE 3 sessions full time and not just using some of the applications with another desktop environment.]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-11-06 23:35:04</pubDate>
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<title>Fedora 12 Released</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23354982</link>
<description><![CDATA[
Fedora is a leading edge, free and open source operating system that
continues to deliver innovative features to many users, with a new
release about every six months. We bring to you the latest and
greatest release of Fedora ever, Fedora 12! Join us and share the joy
of Free software and the community with friends and family. We have
several major new features with special focus on desktops, netbooks,
virtualization and system administration.


Announcement:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2009-November/msg00006.html

Release Notes:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_12_one_page_release_notes

Seeding!  :D
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Verizon FiOS subscriber since 2005 | Mac owner since 1990 | Fedora user since 2006 | CentOS user since 2007 | "Anyone who is unwilling to learn is entitled to absolutely nothing." - graysonf | EDIT: I seldom post without an edit.]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-11-17 15:40:51</pubDate>
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<title>blanking on a search parameter</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23374675</link>
<description><![CDATA[I'm running Gentoo and I think I broke a bit of portage.

I attempted to unmask a package and I think I put it in some folder I shouldn't have.  Thus I'm getting a ton of "invalid atom" warnings when I emerge something.  

I simply can't for the life of me remember where I put it..

I think it's in /etc/portage/package.unmask maybe keywords...

what is the command line to search within this and find a particular string so I can get rid of it?  I can't remember..
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"If something about the human body disgusts you, complain to the manufacturer" - Lenny Bruce
What this country needs is a good five dollar plasma weapon.]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-11-21 10:43:34</pubDate>
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<title>Strange XINE issues in OpenSUSE 11.2</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23376992</link>
<description><![CDATA[I recently upgraded from OpenSUSE 11.1 to 11.2.

Since then, I have not been able to get any sound out of Totem (I'm using KDE).  From Google search results, I was under the impression that there was an issue with Totem if you weren't using Gnome.

When I go into Xine (or Kaffine or Mplayer), and open a .WMV file, the audio usually doesn't start for several seconds.  In many cases (in Xine), when I open the file, the "play" arrow with a time (ie: 0:00:07) will appear.  The sound will not start until the clip is at the time that appeared.

Other times, there are no audio issues at all (this is rare).

The Xine logs reveal nothing... I'm stumped, and am hoping that someone else had this problem & was able to resolve it.

I tried adjusting the audio channel, set the driver type to ALSA, adjusted the audio buffer, but with no luck.

I even uninstalled & reinstalled the sound card via Yast.

Thanks]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-11-21 21:42:31</pubDate>
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<title>November Desktops</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23273322</link>
<description><![CDATA[First this time =) Kubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-11-01 01:59:21</pubDate>
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<title>openSUSE 11.2 problems and solutions?</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23332779</link>
<description><![CDATA[Not exactly much of an "official thread", but since I've already bumped into a few problems on openSUSE 11.2 (fresh install, not an upgrade), I figured I could kick start this thread.

1.) How can I hide the user list in the GDM login window? Gconf-editor no longer seems to make a difference. (I used to be able to check the option "disable user list" and it would hide all the users from displaying on the login window.) It worked on 11.1, but no longer on 11.2? (In gconf-editor I get: /apps/gdm/simple-greeter/disable_user_list: This key is not writable.)

SOLVED! See below for the solution.

2.) Compiz will not stay enabled. I can "Enable Desktop Effects", but after about 3 - 5 seconds, they are automatically disabled. I installed the Nvidia drivers from the web site's installer, and had it build a new kernel module, the proper way. (This problem does not happen if I login to a GNOME session as the root user.)

SOLVED! See below for the solution.

3.) I cannot install third-party RPMs from my file browser anymore. I am presented with an error about "PolicyKit". A temporary workaround for this is to install RPMs via the terminal as the root user. (For example: rpm -i installer.rpm) Since I'm a GUI guy, this makes me depressed.

Unresolved.

4.) Just as with Karmic, this "conforming to upstream" GNOME seems cut back. Not all icons display (look under Recent Documents in the SLAB menu), and the same goes for some menu icons.

Unresolved.

5.) Gecko-mediaplayer crashes both Firefox and Swiftfox 3.5, which used to work perfectly under 11.1, with the same Firefox configuration / addons.

Unresolved.

I might be the only one who is getting these issues, but then again, I did a fresh install of 11.2; not an upgrade.

UPDATE: Added links.

UPDATE: Added more information to problem 1.]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-11-12 17:43:29</pubDate>
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<title>open source virus/spam software for ubuntu 9.04 mail server?</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23370196</link>
<description><![CDATA[Hey Guys
I just wanted to know if there was any virus/spam software out there for ubuntu 9.04 using postfix and dovecot? if so how do I configure it into my email server.]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-11-20 12:08:46</pubDate>
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<title>Questions about software router</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23361065</link>
<description><![CDATA[So both my home routers are acting up:  Belkin N and Netgear Pro-Safe series gigabyte router.  I have 6 devices on my home LAN (XBox360, 2 voip, 3 computers).  I'm thinking of connecting an old desktop to use as a router for a while.  

I tried installing IPCop but it won't recognize one of the nics.  Zeropaid seems to work great but I can't connect the LAN to the WAN so it's not usable.  I'm considering installing a minimal version of ubuntu karmic and seeing how that works.

I'm more interested in achieving connectivity at the moment instead of worrying about network security.  DHCP will also come later.

Now the questions:

1.  If ufw/gufw an internet connection sharing package like Firestarter is?
2.  Is Firestarter too old and out of date to consider trying out?
3.  Is there another package that you'd recommend for internet connection sharing?

Thanks in advance.]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-11-18 17:40:18</pubDate>
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<title>Hamachi in XenServer?</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23375281</link>
<description><![CDATA[Is it possible to install Hamachi directly in XenServer so I can access it through the VPN Hamachi creates? I can't find anything about this on Google.
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Ali
i2Telecom Representative]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-11-21 14:01:53</pubDate>
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